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David Baker - The Soviet Air Force (1988).pdf

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David Sears - Such Men as These; The Story of the Navy Pilots Who Flew the Deadly Skies over Korea ( 2011).epub

In 1951, James Michener went to Korea to report on a little-known aspect of America’s stalemated war: Navy aviators. His research-inspired, bestselling novel became perhaps the most widely read book ever written about aerial combat. Using Michener’s notes, author David Sears tracked down the actual pilots to tell their riveting true stories. The result, Such Men As These, brims with action-packed accounts of combat, from the icy, windswept decks of aircraft carriers to the treacherous skies over Korea, while providing unforgettable portraits of the pilots whose skill and sacrifice made epic history.

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Joel S. A. Hayward - Stopped at Stalingrad; The Lu ftwaffe and Hitler's Defeat in the East, 1942-1943 (2001).jpg

Military Aviation - Joel S. A. Hayward - Stopped at Stalingrad The Luf...ffe and Hitlers Defeat in the East, 1942-1943 2001.jpg

By the time Hitler declared war on the Soviet Union in 1941, he knew that his military machine was running out of fuel. In response, he launched Operation Blau, a campaign designed to protect Nazi oilfields in Rumania while securing new ones in the Caucasus. All that stood in the way was Stalingrad.
Most accounts of the Battle of Stalingrad have focused on the dismal fate of the German Army. Joel Hayward now chronicles Luftwaffe operations during that campaign, focusing on Hitler's use of the air force as a tactical rather than strategic weapon in close support of ground forces. He vividly details the Luftwaffe's key role as "flying artillery," showing that the army relied on Luftwaffe support to a far greater degree than has been previously revealed and that its successes in the East occurred largely because of the effectiveness of that support.

Hayward analyzes this major German offensive from the standpoint of cooperation between ground and air forces to attain mutually agreed upon objectives. He draws on diaries of both key commanders and regular airmen to recreate crucial battles and convey the drama of Hitler's frustrations and reckless leadership. Ultimately, Hayward shows, the poorly conceived strategies of Hitler, Goering, and others in Berlin doomed the efforts of air commander Wolfram von Richthofen, a courageous and resolute leader attempting to come to grips with an increasingly impossible situation.

Stopped at Stalingrad is a dynamic case study in combined arms warfare that fills in many of the gaps left by other studies of the eastern war. By reconsidering the campaign in the light of a wider body of documentary sources and analyzing many previously ignored events, Hayward provides military historians and general readers a much deeper and more complete understanding of the Battle of Stalingrad and its impact on World War II.

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Kagero - Bitwy Lotnicze 02 - Tomasz Szlagor - P-51 B-C Mustangi nad III Rzeszą (2007).jpg

Jednosilnikowy myśliwiec okresu II wojny światowej zaprojektowany na zlecenie RAF-u, produkowany w zakładach North American Aviation (NAA) w Stanach Zjednoczonych (zakłady w Kalifornii i Teksasie) oraz w znacznie mniejszej liczbie przez Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation w Australii. Używany był przez USA i ich sojuszników zarówno podczas II wojny światowej jak i wojny koreańskiej (jako samolot szturmowy). Udana konstrukcja z 1940 roku sprawiła, że ostatni projekt samolotu bojowego opartego na P-51 zamknięto dopiero w 1986 roku kończąc tym samym 46 lat rozwoju jednej konstrukcji. Obecnie wiele z tych maszyn znajduje się w rękach prywatnych. Latają one podczas pokazów i zawodów sportowych. Ogółem wyprodukowano 15 000 - 16 000 Mustangów.

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Lynne Olson, Stanley Cloud - A Question of Honor; The Kosciuszko Squadron, Forgotten Heroes of World War II (2004).jpg

Military Aviation - Lynne Olson, Stanley Cloud - A Question of Honor T...ko Squadron, Forgotten Heroes of World War II 2004.jpg

This book is the gripping, little-known story of the refugee Polish pilots who joined the RAF and played an essential role in saving Britain from the Nazis, only to be betrayed by the Allies after the war.

After Poland fell to the Nazis, thousands of Polish pilots, soldiers, and sailors escaped to England. Devoted to liberating their homeland, some would form the RAF’s 303 squadron, known as the Kosciuszko Squadron, after the elite unit in which many had flown back home. Their thrilling exploits and fearless flying made them celebrities in Britain, where they were “adopted” by socialites and seduced by countless women, even as they yearned for news from home. During the Battle of Britain, they downed more German aircraft than any other squadron, but in a stunning twist at the war’s end, the Allies rewarded their valor by abandoning Poland to Joseph Stalin. This moving, fascinating book uncovers a crucial forgotten chapter in World War II–and Polish–history.

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Wielka Encyklopedia Lotnictwa nr.1 (2001).jpg

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Osprey - Warrior 152 - Mark Barber - Royal Naval A ir Service Pilot 1914-18 (2010).jpg

In 1914, the Naval Wing of the Royal Flying Corps was subsumed into the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS). With the bulk of the Royal Flying Corps engaged in France, the aircraft and seaplane pilots of the RNAS protected Britain from the deadly and terrifying Zeppelin menace. In 1915, the RNAS sent aircraft to support the operations in the Dardanelles, and also gave increasing support to the Royal Flying Corps units engaged on the Western Front, conducting reconnaissance, intelligence gathering and artillery spotting, bombing raids, and aerial combat with German pilots. This book explores all of these fascinating areas, and charts the pioneering role of the RNAS in military aviation.

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Bill Gunston - Illustrated Guide to German, Italia n and Japanese Fighters of World War II; Major Fig hters and Attack Aircraft of the Axis Powers (1980 ).jpg

Military Aviation - Bill Gunston - Illustrated Guide to German, Italia...hters and Attack Aircraft of the Axis Powers 1980.jpg

Descriptions of well over 50 aircraft types, plus many variants. 120 dramatic photographs, many in color. More than 180 detailed line drawings. Over 50 color drawings.

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Bill Gunston - Illustrated Guide to German, Italia n and Japanese Fighters of World War II; Major Fig hters and Attack Aircraft of the Axis Powers (1980 ).pdf

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Hermann Adler, Rolf Kuckens - Deutscher Luftwaffen kalender 1941. Das Handbuch der Luftwaffe (1940).jpg

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Hermann Adler, Rolf Kuckens - Deutscher Luftwaffen kalender 1941. Das Handbuch der Luftwaffe (1940).pdf

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David Irving - The rise and fall of the Luftwaffe; The life of Field Marshal Erhard Milch (1973).jpg

Irving met Erhard Milch in Dusseldorf in the late 1960's, and admits that he was intrigued by the life of this old man who was once Gorings Deputy, the second most powerful man in the German Air Ministry, the chief architect and mobiliser of the Luftwaffe, a Field Marshal and the man Hitler said knew more about aviation than any other in Germany.
It is obvious that Irving respected and liked Milch (you don't spend four years researching someone's life if you don't respect them and I doubt you can spend four years with someone without ending up liking them) The feeling was mutual as Milch gave all his diaries and notebooks to Irving. It is natural then to expect this book to be the most authoritative, well researched and detailed account of Milch's life. That it is. It is also one of the best histories of the Luftwaffe. The book tells the story of the Luftwaffe from the earliest days with the formation of the Air Ministry in 1933 through to its eventual defeat. Defeat was not by way of battle or any specific incident but was indicated by the Luftwaffe's impotence and total inability to stop the massive allied bombing raids on the Reich beginning in late 1943.
Wheras the story of the Luftwaffe is about Milch and Goring it's also about others such as Ernst Udet and aircraft designers such as Willy Messerschmitt and Ernest Heinkel. It's about the successful planes Messerschmitt Bf109, Focke Wulf 190, Junkers 87 (Stuka) and the abject failures such as the Me 210 and He 177. There is discussion of those great 'might have beens' such as the Dornier 355 (front and rear, push-pull design) and perhaps the greatest example of a design that was too little, too late - the Me 262 jet fighter. Armaments, radar, production quotas, innovations and secret projects are all mentioned. So is the politics and infighting (such as the dislike that Milch and Messerschmitt had for each other) and the inefficiencies, bureaucracy and meddling that characterised the Air Ministry. If you have an interest in the Luftwaffe then this is a good item to add to your collection.

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David Irving - The rise and fall of the Luftwaffe; The life of Field Marshal Erhard Milch (1973).pdf

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John Pimlott - Luftwaffe; The Illustrated History of the German Air Force in WWII (1998).jpg

Editor Dr John Pimlott. A marvellous oversized book containing an illustrated history of the Luftwaffe. This work details every aspect of the German air force before and during World War II. The Luftwaffe played an integral part in the Blitzkrieg strategy and later fought a valiant but ultimately hopeless campaign to prevent Allied aircraft bombing German cities and factories. Includes over 200 previously unpublished photographs. H/B, large-format, (11½” x 8½”) 176pp.

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John Pimlott - Luftwaffe; The Illustrated History of the German Air Force in WWII (1998).pdf

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Derek N. James - Gloster Aircraft Since 1917 (1971 ).jpg

The story of Gloster Aircraft Company is one of great technical achievement paving the way followed by many other companies, and of commercial successes, with rewarding production counted in thousands, interspersed with frustrating years in the aviation wilderness when 'one-offs' were the sole result of enormous expenditure of time, money and effort on private venture design. It is the story of an engineering company born of war, in a fashionable spa, which, several wars later, wa overtaken by the pace of world events to become the first victim of a programme of political and economic stringency which ha since decimated British aircraft manufacturing companies.

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Donald Nijboer - Cockpit; An WWII Aircraft Interio rs Illustrated History (1998).jpg

Creature comforts were non-existent. The only thing that separated the pilot from the hostile environment at 30,000 feet was a thin sheet of aluminium and glass, and for many, the cold steel that surrounded them became a fiery coffin.

The Second World War represented a classic period in the development and perfection of the propeller driven aircraft. The cockpits and aircraft featured in this book, designed and built during the crisis of war, were marvels of technology and ingenuity. 'Cockpits' shows us what we cannot see. The cluttered claustrophobic cockpit was not designed for comfort. Riding behind an ear-shattering engine, with the power of a locomotive, proved to be an exhilarating and frightening experience. In contrast to the romantic image of the pilot, the cockpit was a cold and lonely place.

. . . Photographer Dan Patterson has photographed the cockpits of 37 preserved or restored combatants, principally British, American and German, with a handful of Japanese and a solitary Russian, the Yak-3. . . The cockpit photographs are superb: large format, carefully and atmospherically lit by a craftsman . . . and reproduced so well that you can not only read every tiny placard, but see where a mechanic's screwdriver slipped when tightening up an access panel. . . Cockpit will satisfy that natural curiosity of pilots by providing a look under the canopies of many aircraft that are not generally accessible. . . Cockpit is probably as close as most of us will ever get to 'flying' these aircraft. - PILOT

At last, a book that modellers of Second World War fighters and bombers have been asking for, for years . . . I feel this is an excellent and long-verdue book, which at £24.95 works out less than 70p per cockpit, and should prove useful to anyone modelling in 1/48 scale and larger scales.

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Donald Nijboer - Cockpit; An WWII Aircraft Interio rs Illustrated History (1998).pdf

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Schiffer Military History 25 - Heinz J. Nowarra - The Flying Pencil; Dornier Do-17 Do-215 (1978).jpg

The Dornier Do 215 was a light bomber, Aerial reconnaissance aircraft and later a night fighter, produced by Dornier originally for export, but in the event all except two served in the Luftwaffe. Like its predecessor, the Dornier Do 17, it inherited the title "The Flying Pencil" because of its slim fuselage. The successor of the Do 215 was the Do 217.

Design and development

The Do 17 fast bomber elicited renewed interest from foreign air forces (after the initial Do 17K series production). In July 1937, Dornier therefore prepared a pre-series Do 17 Z-0 as a demonstrator for export customers. It was given the civil registration D-AAIV. While this aircraft was essentially identical to the production Do 17Z, the Reichsluftfahrtministerium assigned the designation Do 215 to the export version. The V1 prototype retained the 9-cylinder Bramo 323 Fafnir radial engine of the Do 17Z.

The second prototype (Do 215 V2) was equipped with Gnome-Rhône 14-NO radial engines. It safely completed testing, but did not attract export orders because it did not offer a notable performance increase over the Do 17Z. Dornier therefore equipped the V3 prototype with the 1,175 PS (1,159 hp) Daimler-Benz DB 601Ba inline engines (note: it is not the first time DB engines where used in a Do 17 series). The V3, which first flew in the spring of 1939, showed a noticeable improvement in flight performance compared to the earlier prototypes.

Series production of the Do 215 A-1 began in 1939. The order, intended for the Swedish Air Force, was stopped in August 1939 due to the political situation. The 18 extant aircraft were embargoed and pressed into Luftwaffe service upon the outbreak of World War II.

Some modifications were made and the resulting aircraft were redesignated Do 215B. This was the standard production version. According to official figures 105 Do 215s were produced between 1939 and 1941 by Dornier in their factory at Oberpfaffenhofen.[2]
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The Luftwaffe initially operated the Do 215 as a bomber and reconnaissance aircraft. Aircraft equipped with the Rb 20/30 and Rb 50/30 cameras were used for long-range reconnaissance missions, primarily at the Ob.d.L (Oberkommando der Luftwaffe). Later aircraft operated as night fighters. The last of the Do 215s were retired in late 1944.

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Schiffer Military History 25 - Heinz J. Nowarra - The Flying Pencil; Dornier Do-17 Do-215 (1978).pdf

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Harry Moyle - The Hampden File (1989).jpg

The Handley Page HP.52 Hampden was a British twin-engine medium bomber of the Royal Air Force serving in the Second World War. With the Whitley and Wellington, the Hampden bore the brunt of the early bombing war over Europe, taking part in the first night raid on Berlin and the first 1,000-plane raid on Cologne. The newest of the three medium bombers, the Hampden, known as the "Flying Suitcase" because of its cramped crew conditions, was still unsuited to the modern air war and, after operating mainly at night, it was retired from Bomber Command service in late 1942.

Design and development

Handley Page designed the Hampden to the same specification as the Wellington (Air Ministry Specification B.9/32) and the first prototype flew on 21 June 1936. The first production batch of 180 Mk I Hampdens was built to Specification 30/36.

The Mk I had a crew of four: pilot, navigator/bomb aimer, radio operator and rear gunner. Conceived as a fast, manoeuvrable, "fighting bomber", the Hampden had a fixed .303 in (7.7 mm) Vickers K machine gun in the forward fuselage. To avoid the weight penalties of powered-turrets, the Hampden had a curved Perspex nose fitted with a manual .303 in (7.7 mm) Vickers K gun and two more single .303 in (7.7 mm) Vickers K installations in the rear upper and lower positions. The layout was similar to the all-guns-forward cockpits introduced about the same time in the Luftwaffe's own medium bombers, notably the Dornier Do 17. The guns were thoroughly inadequate for defence, consequently, by 1940, the single guns had been replaced by twin Vickers K guns.

Construction was from sections prefabricated then joined. The fuselage was in three major sections - front, centre and rear. The centre and rear sections were themselves made of two halves. This meant the sections could be fitted out in part in better working conditions before assembly. In a similar way, the wings were made up of three large units - centre section, port outer wing and starboard outer wing - which were in turn sub-divided.[2] The Hampden was a stressed skin design reinforced with a mixture of bent and extruded sections. The wing used a single main spar.

A total of 1,430 Hampdens were built: 500 by Handley Page, 770 by English Electric at Samlesbury in Lancashire; and in 1940–41, 160 in Canada by the Canadian Associated Aircraft consortium (although some were retained in Canada, 84 were shipped by sea to the United Kingdom).

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Schiffer Military History - John M. Campbell - Boe ing B-29 Superfortress (1997).jpg

The famed B-29 Superfortress is presented in this all new collection of World War II and Korean War era photographs. Many of the 850+ photographs appear here for the first time and are identified as to unit and location. John Campbell is also the author of Consolidated B-24 Liberator, and Talisman: A Collection of Nose Art (available from Schiffer Publishing Ltd.).

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Monografie Lotnicze 13 - Jacek Nowicki - B-29 Supe rfortress (1994).jpg

Boeing B-29 Superfortress (Superforteca) – oficjalna nazwa amerykańska ciężkiego bombowca strategicznego produkcji zakładów Boeing, użytkowanego przez lotnictwo armii Stanów Zjednoczonych podczas II wojny światowej oraz po jej zakończeniu. Wypożyczone B-29 były również używane przez Wielką Brytanię w latach 1950-1955.

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Monografie Lotnicze 13 -Jacek Nowicki - B-29 Super fortress (1994).pdf

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Osprey - Combat Aircraft 11 - By Robert F. Dorr - B-24 Liberator Units of the Pacific War (1999).jpg

Covering the exploits of the B-24 in the south-west Pacific during World War II. Includes 30 original artworks and, black and white scale drawings of all major variants. With text relating the personal experiences of the crews in the battle over the Pacific.

About the Author
Robert F Dorr is a well respected author of long-standing reputation - he has written over a dozen books over the years. His histories on modern American combat aircraft like the F-101 Voodoo and A-6 Intruder have set the standard for works of this type. His ability to combine 'crew speak' with concise editorial comment gives his books a unique and revealing style of their own. Mark Styling has illustrated several books in both the Aces and Combat Aircraft series.

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Aviation News, Mini-monograph - Roger Lindsay - Th e Vickers Varsity (1983).jpg

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Aviation News, Mini-monograph - Roger Lindsay - Th e Vickers Varsity (1983).pdf

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Squadron - Military Aircraft 5002 - P. Stevens, Lo u Drendel - F-101 Voodoo (1985).jpg

When The Strategic Air Command (SAC) was formed on 21 March 1946, it included one group of P-51 Mustangs. The Mustang was the first really successful long range bomber escort, and World War II had proven the necessity of providing bombers with fighter protection. The postwar Air Force was about to leap into the jet age, and it was obvious to SAC Commander General George C Kenney that SAC would need a long range jet fighter to escort the B-47 Stratojet which was soon to become operational. Since existing jet fighters were of limited range, experimental development contracts were awarded to McDonnell (XF-88) and Lockheed (XF-90) in June of 1946 to develop a heavy long range 'Penetration* fighter. Neither experimental fighter had flown by mid-1948, when President Harry S Truman and his Secretary of Defense, James V Forrestal endorsed plans that placed heavy emphasis on SAC Atomic Bombing capability as a deterrent force.
On 20 October 1948, six months behind schedule, the initial XF-88 prototype (46-525) was rolled out. Powered by a pair of 3,0001b thrust Westinghouse J-34-WE-13 turbojet engines, it was flown for the first time nine days later. Maximum speed was 641 mph. The'six month delay had been caused by a complete redesign of the wing, providing the XF-88 with a thirty-five degree swept wing instead of the straight wing of the original design proposal, and changes in the air intakes.
On 16 December 1948 McDonnell was advised to cease XF-88 development, and prepare a detailed accounting of funds expended. USAF cancellation of contracts for 239 airplanes, worth 300 million dollars followed shortly. The Air Force had decided to spend its increasingly meager postwar budget making modifications to their fleet of operational Convair B-36s and Boeing B-50s, and to purchase additional B-36s. Fiscal Year 1950 (FY 50) money which had been allocated for F-88 production was used to buy North American F-86D Sabre all weather interceptors, which would 'defend America from Russian bombers'.
The appearance of Russian MiG-15 jet fighters over Korea during the fall of 1950 led to a reevaluation of the SAC fighter escort equation. SAC B-29s — one of the Atomic bombers which were supposed to deter the Soviets — proved to be virtually defenseless against the MiG-15 and were being shot down left and right over North Korea by the new Soviet jet fighter. And it was just as obvious that F-80 Shooting Stars and F-84 Thunderjets couldn't stand up against the MiG. SAC efforts to develop a parasite fighter (McDonnell XF-85 Goblin), or to try to drag along a fighter escort via wingtip-to-wingtip hookups had proven impractical. Clearly, SAC needed a long range supersonic bomber escort. The F-88 program was hurriedly reinstated.

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